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jtrogers1992's review against another edition
5.0
My God what a read.
While this took a little while to pick up for me as I was (praise the Lord) less familiar with some of the earlier characters in this history, this is now a must read for both Christians and Non-christians alike. It gave me a much better framework for understanding how white American evangelicalism was formed by hyper-masculinity and authority than by love of God and neighbor (ya know, things Jesus talked about).
I love this book especially because it takes away the right to be surprised by evangelicals supporting Trump and his policies. It was not an aberration, but in fact the logical end of post-WWII (white) evangelical thought. But the book, thankfully, doesn’t spend more ink on 45 than necessary and spends a lot of time on the various movements in evangelicalism during the last 75 years and how they led to today.
I know many people who worship the pastors mentioned in here who didn’t themselves commit major acts of abuse or cover up. But all the same, they should take a look again at what these men thought was ok in the name of a few weirdly specific doctrines about masculinity, authority and gender roles (looking at you John Piper). The fact that many still don’t recognize the, now well documented, problems these lines of thought create both writ large in society and at even the level of local churches is troubling to say the least.
Final Edit: Complementarianism is bullsh*t
While this took a little while to pick up for me as I was (praise the Lord) less familiar with some of the earlier characters in this history, this is now a must read for both Christians and Non-christians alike. It gave me a much better framework for understanding how white American evangelicalism was formed by hyper-masculinity and authority than by love of God and neighbor (ya know, things Jesus talked about).
I love this book especially because it takes away the right to be surprised by evangelicals supporting Trump and his policies. It was not an aberration, but in fact the logical end of post-WWII (white) evangelical thought. But the book, thankfully, doesn’t spend more ink on 45 than necessary and spends a lot of time on the various movements in evangelicalism during the last 75 years and how they led to today.
I know many people who worship the pastors mentioned in here who didn’t themselves commit major acts of abuse or cover up. But all the same, they should take a look again at what these men thought was ok in the name of a few weirdly specific doctrines about masculinity, authority and gender roles (looking at you John Piper). The fact that many still don’t recognize the, now well documented, problems these lines of thought create both writ large in society and at even the level of local churches is troubling to say the least.
Final Edit: Complementarianism is bullsh*t
plumjam's review against another edition
4.0
A great book about the intimate ties evangelical Christianity has to U.S. politics, societal expectations, gender idealization, and imperialism. While John Wayne is a perfect example of what Mez is arguing in this book, I feel that he wasn’t as present in the book as I had hoped/expected. That could be my fault though. Really good read.
laurenscholle's review against another edition
4.0
solidifying my hatred for evangelicals! good book to do so with